In this issue:

• The New Education Act Becomes Law.
• Intelligence, Schools and Failure. Words of wisdom from the late John Holt.
• Self-directed Education. Lyn reflects on her children’s education and her own.
• An Argument between Friends. Shay Seaborne argues with a long-term friend about compulsory education and home education.
• Gifts of Home Education. Rachel Phillips reflects on the benefits of the time and experience that home education gave her.
• Home Education taking hold in Japan. Darren Pickett reports on the rise of school refusal and home education in Japan.

Plus our regular features:

• Age of Reason: Written and edited by homeschooled teenagers
• Your letters
• Colitas’ couch – Book reviews
• Home-ed Kids
• Science workshops
• Support group news and events

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